Surviving the Wild Camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center

Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday. The week-long summer camp for ages 11 to 17 teaches students the skills it takes to survive in the wild including skills such as making a rope, constructing a shelter with natural materials, building a fire with primitive materials, and making a compass. (June 13, 2013)

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Oxbow Eco-Center Education Coordinator Amanda Thompson (from left) shows survivor camp students Ariana Pittman, 13, of Fort Pierce and Keeley Veatch, 17, of Port St. Lucie, the end results after campers used a spindle, bow, and fire board while learning how to safely create an ember to start a fire during the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center in Port St. Lucie on Thursday. "Today we were using techniques on magnesium sticks, flint and steel and this activity with is the bow drill which is the hardest one to do," Thompson said. The week-long summer camp for ages 11 to 17 at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie teaches students the skills it takes to survive in the wild including skills such as making a rope, constructing a shelter with natural materials, building a fire with primitive materials, and making a compass. Information on other upcoming summer camps at the Oxbow Eco-Center in Port St. Lucie can be found online at http://www.stlucieco.gov/erd/oxbow/index.htm or (772) 785-5833 Tuesday through Friday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Or Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from the Oxbow Eco-Center's Surviving the Wild summer camp at the Oxbow Eco-Center at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie on Thursday.